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Hundreds of small boat migrants have reached Britain today following a two-week hiatus in Channel crossings. Home Office Border Force vessels and an RNLI lifeboat made repeated trips into the middle of the Channel to pick up boatloads of migrants. At least 300 migrants have already been brought into Dover. It included one migrant brought ashore on a stretcher while receiving medical care. There is further activity in the strait, meaning the total is likely to rise yet further. Today's arrivals are the first since October 22 after a 14-day period of high winds on the Channel. There have been...

Global investments in renewable energy aren't bearing fruit and the world should focus on securing reliable supplies of fossil fuels, U.S. energy and interior secretaries said this week as they worked on convincing Europe to buy more U.S. oil and gas. The U.S. has become Europe's top oil and gas supplier on the back of the U.S. shale boom and its companies are seeking to boost the share as the European Union moves to fully cut off remaining Russian energy imports. The message from U.S. officials at an energy conference in Athens this week highlights the shift in U.S. policy...

A 100-year-old veteran shocked the hosts of Good Morning Britain today by declaring that winning World War II 'wasn't worth it' due to the state of the UK. Alec Penstone told Adil Ray and Kate Garraway how he quit his factory job to sign up for the Royal Navy and fight for his country as soon as he came of age. The war hero recalled serving alongside close friends, many of whom lost their lives, and called himself 'just a lucky one' for having survived.

The local Birmingham soccer club, Aston Villa, who play at Villa Park right there in the city, has a match scheduled for tonight that's causing a bit of an upset with locals. Or, I'm not sure I should say 'locals' so much as 'people who happen to live there.'Their opponents are the Maccabi Tel Aviv from, obviously, Israel.As if that weren't incendiary enough in the near Muslim caliphate that the UK is rapidly devolving into, the Maccabi's away fans are banned from the stadium. They cannot attend the game, and the Villa were not permitted to set aside the usual...

After New York City’s race for mayor catapulted Zohran Mamdani from state assembly member into one of the world’s most prominent progressive voices, intense debate swirled over the ideas at the heart of his campaign. His critics and opponents painted pledges such as free bus service, universal childcare and rent freezes as unworkable, unrealistic and exorbitantly expensive. But some have hit back, highlighting the quirk of geography that underpins some of this view. “He promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said the Dutch environmentalist and former government adviser Alexander Verbeek in the wake...

Chaos broke out across city centres last night as Bonfire Night descended into mayhem across the UK. Footage shows innocent people running for their lives as fireworks were set off in Birmingham city centre as police battled to regain control. Fireworks were launched towards people, vehicles and the police as the night brought explosions and screams onto the streets.

Prince William's visit to Brazil for his Earthshot Prize climate change project drew criticism on social media over his carbon footprint. The Prince of Wales gives out £1 million [around $1.3 million] in funding to each of five innovative solutions to the climate crisis, holding each ceremony on a different continent. This year Earthshot has taken him to Rio de Janeiro, making the event a prelude to climate conference COP30, also in Brazil, but in Belém, from November 10 to 21. A post on X read: "Prince William jets 5,500 miles to Brazil for his £300k taxpayer-funded 'eco' trip preaching...

Sir Sadiq Khan has praised Zohran Mamdani’s “fun” and “authentic” campaign and said he is looking forward to seeing the result of the New York mayoral election, which the Democratic candidate is expected to win. The mayor of London appeared to come close to endorsing Mamdani, 34, as New Yorkers headed to the polls. Reflecting on the parallels between himself and Mamdani, Khan said the self-described democratic socialist was “reaching” parts of New York that had been “underserved”. “I’ve seen from afar the campaign that Zohran Mamdani has run. He appears to be having fun,” Khan told Bloomberg at the...

British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson was cleared on Tuesday of committing an offence under counterterrorism laws by refusing to give police his phone PIN, thanking billionaire Elon Musk who he said funded his defence. Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain's most high-profile anti-migration campaigners. Robinson, 42, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has become a flag-bearer for some British nationalists and one of Britain's most high-profile anti-migration campaigners. He was stopped by police in July 2024 as he drove through border security at the Channel Tunnel...

It emerged that one convicted member of the gang, Adil Khan, will not be able to return to the countryAn MP has once again called for a member of a Rochdale grooming gang to be deported after his accomplice fled the UK. It comes after it emerged that one convicted member of the gang, Adil Khan, will not be able to return to the country after fleeing the UK. Khan, who is aged in his 50s, was among nine gang members jailed in 2012 for sexually abusing children in the borough. Khan, then in his 40s, impregnated one girl and...

Police have confirmed they were called to three incidents before a knife attack on a train.Cops may have missed chances to arrest the Huntingdon train attack suspect after admitting they were called to multiple knife-related incidents prior to Saturday's rampage. Cambridgeshire Police had been called to three incidents in Peterborough prior to Saturday night's attack near Huntingdon Station in which ten people were seriously injured. And it admitted officers didn't even visit the scene on one occasion. Police in London were also called to investigate a stabbing in the early hours of the morning before the incident, but no-one was...

The chancellor used a speech in Downing Street to suggest she would hike taxes in later this month, telling voters "each of us must do our bit". She did not rule out increasing income tax, VAT [Sales tax] or national insurance - something Labour promised not to do.

Britain’s post colonial reckoning can be summed up in a single sentence delivered last June at the Glastonbury music festival when rapper duo Bob Vylan shouted “You want your country back? You’re not getting it back!” to an overwhelmingly white, middle-class audience roaring its approval. The message was unmistakable: Britain has been colonized – and its dominant culture not only accepts, but celebrates, it. Britain’s transformation has been driven not by invasion, but by invitation. The country’s population, political culture and national cohesion has been radically reshaped by immigration – one wave in the 1950s, driven by post-World War Two...

One week after King Charles III initiated the formal process to remove the style, titles and honors of Prince Andrew, his brother's name was notably missing from the royal website. Buckingham Palace confirmed the former prince will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, in a statement published Oct. 30. "His lease on Royal Lodge has, to date, provided him with legal protection to continue in residence," according to the statement. "Formal notice has now been served to surrender the lease, and he will move to alternative private accommodation." Prince Andrew's biography was removed from the royal website after King...

The BBC misled viewers by doctoring a video of President Donald Trump to make it appear he was encouraging the Capitol protest on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a whistleblower memo viewed by the Telegraph. The corporation aired the video during a Panorama program titled "Trump: A Second Chance," which was broadcast a week before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The spliced-together version made it seem as though Trump said: "We're gonna walk down to the Capitol and I'll be with you, and we fight. We fight like hell, and if you don't fight like hell, you're not gonna have...

The BBC has been accused of selectively editing a Donald Trump speech to make it appear clearer that he encouraged the US Capitol attack, according to a former external adviser to the corporation. An edition of Panorama, broadcast a week before the US election, spliced together clips of a Trump speech made on 6 January 2021. The spliced clip suggested that Trump told the crowd: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol and I’ll be there with you, and we fight. We fight like hell.” The words were taken from sections of his speech almost an hour apart. It...

No migrants have been recorded crossing the English Channel for 11 days, the longest gap so far this year. The most recent date on which people arrived in the UK after making the journey by boat was October 22, according to the latest Home Office data. Bad weather is likely to have played a role in stopping migrants from attempting to reach the English coast. Storm Benjamin brought heavy rain and strong winds to northern France and the Channel on October 23, with further wet and blustery weather on subsequent days. The 11-day gap in arrivals from October 23 to...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after police van was set on fire. Police pictured in Leeds city centre just after 3pm following an arson attack on a police van. A police van was set on fire in Leeds city centre this afternoon.

(Music in the link-click.) Mary declared in her Magnificat: "My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For He hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden." - Luke 1:46-55 This is why satan hates her, because she is more humble than all other creatures created in the image of God, angels and men, taken together—most images of her portray her with downcast eyes, in humility. satan declared "I will not serve" (Jeremiah 2:20). "It is better to reign in hell than serve in heaven". (John Milton, "Paradise Lost", Book I, line 263)...

A London mosque that barred women and girls over the age of 12 from participating in a charity fun run may have breached the Equality Act, a barrister has claimed. East London Mosque introduced the controversial restrictions for its event held in Victoria Park on Sunday. Despite being advertised on its website as a “family-friendly” and “inclusive” event open to men and boys of all ages, women and girls over 12 were not allowed to take part. However, the website noted that “everyone is welcome at the park to cheer on the runners.”